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Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Department of Pediatrics

Meet the Fellows

Current Fellows

Elyssa Cohen, MD

Elyssa Cohen, MD (2026-2027) Elyssa Cohen's NameDrop

  • Program: Non-Invasive Cardiac Imaging
  • Medical School: Medical College of Georgia
  • Residency: McGaw Medical Center Northwestern University, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
  • Fellowship: Pediatric Cardiology, McGaw Medical Center Northwestern University, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
  • Research: I am currently researching measurements of cardiac index with the Fick estimation principle and thermodilution in the cath lab on heart transplant patients, with Dr. Tannous and Dr. O’Halloran. I am also very interested in pursuing pediatric cardiology advocacy research during my fellowship

Justin Kochanski, MD (2026-2027)

  • Program: Non-Invasive Cardiac Imaging
  • Medical School: Creighton University School of Medicine
  • Residency: Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford University Program
  • Fellowship: McGaw Medical Center Northwestern University, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Past Fellows

First Position After Graduation

Karen Carvalho, MD (2025-2026)

Amr Hammouda, MD (2025-2026): Assistant Professor, Pediatric Cardiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Andrew Lawson, MD (2024-2025): Assistant Professor, Pediatric Cardiology at Lurie Children's/Northwestern University

Nikkan Das, MD (2023 – 2024): Attending at Nemours Children’s Health

Justin Jin, MD (2022-2023): Assistant Professor, Academic Pediatric Cardiology (Non-invasive imaging)

Nicholas Brown, MD (2021-2022):  Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Seattle Children’s Hospital

Allison Black, MD (2020-2021):  Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at University of Kentucky

Joyce Woo, MD (2020-2021): Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Northwestern University/Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL 

Matthew Cornicelli, MD (2019-2020): Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Northwestern University/Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Deidra Ansah, MD (2018-2019): Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX

Scott Cameron, MD (2017-2018): Clinical Practice at Aurora Health Care, Milwaukee, WI

Shivani G. Patel, MBBS (2016-2017): Health System Clinician of Pediatrics, Northwestern University/Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Amanda Marma, MD (2015-2016): Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University/Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Joyce T. Johnson, MD (2014-2015): Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Northwestern University/Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Angira Patel (2010-2011): Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Northwestern University/Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL

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